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., r" ,. ~,' r'Wt{l TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1980 - The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsvi1le, Virginia, with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, August 26, 1980, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Barry A. Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis T. West. - After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held August 12, 1980. By letter dated August 14, 1980, Poff Construction, Inc., of Christiansburg, Virginia, informed Council that as holder of a special-use permit issued by Council on September 12, 1978, Poff Construction has developed plans to construct 152 "unsubsidized" rental units in the Salmon Street-East Church Street area, to be known as Falcon Ridge Apartments, under a HUD-guaranteed mortgage program. Poff Construction further reported that HUD has concluded that it could not guarantee the full mortgage without including 31 "subsidized" units within the total of 152 units and to do so would require an amendment by City Council to the City's Housing Assistance Plan, which amendment--in said 1etter--Poff Construction requested. Representing Poff Construction at this meeting were Mr. Ebb H. Williams, III, ,- Attorney at Law, and Mr. N. Thomas Poff, both of whom, aware of problems associated with certain other subsidized apartment housing in Martinsvi1le, presented testimony to assure that the Falcon Ridge complex would be well managed and would cause no problems to the City or to the neighborhood in which it is to be built. Mr. Harvey T. Compton, of 124 Salmon Street, informed Council that over the years, beginning with the proceedings resulting in the issuance by Council on October 12, 1972, of a special-use permit to Mr. Earle Greene for an apartment complex at this same location, with the subsequent transfer and enlargement